Experience

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  HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

  • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

  • Head of Health, Safety and Environment - Rail Systems

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

    Provide strategic health, safety and environmental management advice to leadership and delivery teams. This includes embedding HS2’s ‘Safe at Heart’ culture and approach to Quality, Security, Occupational Health and Environmental management across HS2 development and delivery teams, and supply chain partners.

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  High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd

  • United Kingdom
  • Rail Transportation
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of Health, Safety and Security Phase Two

    • Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

    Provision of strategic advice and support on all aspects of health and safety to leadership and delivery teams to embed the HS2 ‘Safe at Heart’ strategy within Phase 2, including supply chain, and drive health and safety performance. Whilst undertaking this role I arranged and undertook a 2-month placement with Bechtel on the Riyadh Metro project, Saudi Arabia, during its heavy civils construction phase, working to achieve a step change in safety performance.

  • Head of Health and Safety Development

    • Jan 2016 - Apr 2017

    Lead the Development Team in understanding health and safety risks of future phases and developing management controls. Facilitate a consistent approach, learning from earlier phases. Develop a risk based assurance programme, checking application and efficiency of management control processes and procedures.

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  Birmingham City Council

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Head of Occupational Health and Safety Services

    • Apr 2013 - Dec 2015
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Establish and implement strategies for both health and safety and mental health and wellbeing, aligned to the Council's vision and business plan, and to lead and manage professional services for health and safety, occupational and mental health.

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  Gloucestershire County Council

  • Gloucester, United Kingdom

  • Head of Occupational Health and Safety

    • Jul 2004 - Apr 2013
    • Gloucester, United Kingdom

    Implement a Council wide strategy and corporate governance arrangements to deliver year on year improvement in safety management.Recruit and leadership of a team of professionals to deliver customer focussed and technically competent services in safety, health and environment, and occupational health.Effectively discharge the Council's statutory role as an enforcement officer of crowd safety at sports grounds in Gloucestershire

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  Kingston University

  • Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

  • Health and Safety Manager

    • Dec 2001 - Jul 2004
    • Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

    Manage the safety and occupational health functions, developing and implementing policies and strategies whilst addressing any significant areas of non-compliance.During this appointment, I was able to apply my health and safety knowledge to a diverse range of subjects and activities, from art to aircraft maintenance, and contribute to managing the University campus, accommodating over 10,000 students.

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  London Borough of Merton

  • Morden

  • Principal Safety and Emergency Planning Advisor

    • Dec 1997 - Dec 2001
    • Morden

    In addition to working as a first line safety adviser, I had responsibilities for discharging the Council's emergency planning, response and management arrangements.

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  Civic (Vardon) Leisure

  • Westminster

  • Health and Safety Advisor, Assistant Quality Manager

    • Jul 1991 - Dec 1997
    • Westminster

    I joined Civic Leisure as a Recreation Assistant and gained operational experience through to Assistant Manager level. Civic Leisure managed local authority leisure centres and owned and managed private leisure facilities. I worked in a number of contracts including Westminster and Wandsworth, and as the company grew, saw the potential and opportunity to specialise in health and safety management.Whilst completing my NEBOSH Diploma, I wrote, implemented and audited systems to BS EN ISO 9002.